Psalms 69:10

Psalms 69:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
• New International Version (NIV)When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.

Context of Psalms 69:10

8I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons. 9For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. 11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 12Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

Psalms 69:10 word by word

וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה בַצּ֣וֹם נַפְשִׁ֑י וַתְּהִ֖י לַחֲרָפ֣וֹת לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• When I weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• in my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• with fastingצוֹםtsôm tsôm · fastH6685
• It becameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• my reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781

Cross-references for Psalms 69:10

• Psalms 102:8My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
• Psalms 109:24My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

Commentaries on Psalms 69:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting - The words “and chastened” are not in the original. The literal translation would be, “And I wept (away) my soul with fasting;” that is, I gave myself so much to fasting accompanied with weeping, that my strength was exhausted. This refers to his acts of devotion; to his endeavors to discipline his soul so as to lead a strictly religious life. That was to my reproach - This may either mean that they accused…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12When the psalmist denies himself normal comforts to seek God in prayer, the wicked ridicule him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. This plea contemplates his relation to God as a sufferer in His cause. Reproach, domestic estrangement (Mr 3:21; Joh 7:5), exhaustion in God's service (Joh 2:17), revilings and taunts of base men were the sufferings.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 69:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Fasting
• Jesus, the Christ
• Malice
• Persecution
• Repentance

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Commentaries on Psalms 69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings